Near fatal bus crash leaves two people critically injured

Jessica Grewal
Senior Reporter APN Newsdesk NSW Bureau
Working from Sydney, Jessica specialises in crime/court reporting, filing for APN’s regional mastheads in Northern NSW as well as providing national content for the group.
She was previously Chief Reporter at the Fraser Coast Chronicle in Hervey Bay, Queensland where she grew up and trained.
Early in her career, she was named Queensland Young Journalist of the Year at the Clarion Awards.
More recently, she was finalist at the 2013 Kennedy Awards for Excellence in NSW Journalism in both the...

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A BUS crash on a notorious mountain road in Queensland on Sunday night was the latest in a string of near fatal school holiday crashes.

At the time of going to press two men were in a critical condition and eight others were being treated for varying injuries after the coach they were travelling in rolled at Mt Tamborine in the Gold Coast hinterland.

Most of those onboard were Chinese tourists.

The accident happened near the site of Queensland's worst bus crash, when 11 people were killed and 38 injured in 1990.

As day three of three of the NSW and Queensland traffic operations ended on Sunday night, the road toll in both states remained at 1.

Senior police feared drink driving would be responsible for a change in numbers by the end of the Christmas break.

In NSW, 111 drivers have been charged since Friday.

Commander of the NSW Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, Assistant Commissioner John Hartley, said while numbers were down from last year, too many drivers were still taking the risk.

"Every time someone has a drink and gets behind the wheel they are putting their lives and the lives of innocent people at risk.

"As police, one of the hardest parts of the job is telling families their loved one has been killed, and many of these incidents can be avoided if people were more responsible on the roads."